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Bruce McKay: Tru Care volunteers

Posted:
08/28/2016 11:57:14 PM MDT

Updated:
08/28/2016 11:58:32 PM MDT

The story about Tru Care management problems ("Locally, dying a tough business," Daily Camera, Aug. 14) included a statistic about volunteers "...200 hours at bedsides of the dying." Lest the public have the impression this is the total time given by all volunteers, the public might be interested in how many hours all volunteers actually spend each year. My wife typically has two clients at any one time. On average she uses 250 hours each year visiting her clients. I don't know how many volunteers Tru Care utilizes, but a very low estimate is 100. Which suggests that on average all Tru Care volunteers expend at least 25,000 hours each year. I'm certain this is a very, very conservative estimate. Whatever the managerial problems, Tru Care volunteers continue to donate their time to assist those nearing end of life.

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